The Jalopy Journal
Those are NASCAR engine valve covers from the 80s. May have stayed in the catalog through the early 90s. You run the breathers on the left side...
The paint matched in person. The camera sometimes doesn't capture accurately.
The Asquith car wasn't in contention for AMBR (but I would have ranked it above the contenders this year). If I'd known that the Bonneville car...
I was there in 2010, and made my second trip this year. None of this year's finalists would have even gotten a sniff against the 2010...
There was only one car there worthy of being AMBR, and this one wasn't it. This year was my second trip to the GNRS. The first was in 2010. Any...
It definitely was in the last four - those are my frame of reference.
No doubt. That does get to be a pain in the ass. Can't these people read a damn catalog? One of my key vendors was tied up for an HOUR with a...
I'll be there, going in Tuesday AM and leaving Saturday. If you see a guy walking around wearing a shirt that says, "BuyRaceParts.com," stop me...
Thanks for posting Greaserama pics. Looks like I didn't miss much. Goodguys was great on Sunday.
Automobileaddiction.com sells a Cal Spyder Replica, and the door handles appear to be the same. You could contact them and see if they'd sell the...
Glad someone gets it. Some people are just jealous of anybody who makes a buck. Regarding the Super Sundays, I don't mind at all. In fact, it...
Show starting out with Jesse being a douchebag and throwing the entire crew of teh shop under the bus. Big fuckin' surprise there.
Parts car.
Sweet! Not a mild custom, though, not with the front and rear alterations and the grille. That's a "full custom."
One of the least known items was the offset frame stub. A number of Holman/Moody cars had that. My dad bought a '68 Mustang in 1970 to run IMCA...
Hey, what are the painted wheels worth on my lowered '66 Valiant?
Ray Littrell at Clay County Engine Rebuilders, in Claycomo. (816) 454-0932 46 E Us Highway 69 Kansas City, MO 64119 Ray does all my stuff,...
Yep. As the seller, how would I even know that it's the same engine? Caveat Emptor is exactly right. Buying used parts ain't Walmart.
Says the guy who's probably never tried to do anything like that. There's a relationship between price and purchase, but it's not direct -...
What an incredibly stupid comment. It's called "business." Maybe someday, UNICEF will get into the car show business. Until then, the GNRS is...
If it appeared in a magazine, you can build it without his permission. The intent of all the 'sketchpad' features in magazines was to give guys...
First bodies in white that I'm aware of were around '66, with Plymouths and Dodges going to Ray Nichels for NASCAR. Lee Holman told me that the...
When you consider what the clay bar kits do, they're not expensive at all. Stick with what works. On the other hand, if you do use modeling...
At 13:1 you must use a quality (read: name brand designed for racing) mini starter. You must also have as direct and robust a connection to it as...
Hard to beat the GNRS. I've never been to the Detroit show, but that's probably the next one on my list.
I have the Sears system. Haven't used it yet but if it doesn't work, I'm out the $10 I spent on it at the swap meet. I'll just upgrade to the...
I read it, then got $30 for it on Ebay. I don't keep non-car magazines, and this is only a car magazine at the most tenuous level. I counted two...
I've met Poteet and Brizio. They're fabulous people. That doesn't mean that TRJ ought to 'automatically feature' their stuff.
I've agreed with most of the cars featured in TRJ (and I have 'em all, too from V1N1), but in the last year I've seen more and more of "car...
One of the easiest/safest ways I can see is to buy a used circle track stocker, like a NASCAR car or even a late model. I don't know what class...
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